#A956E2#A956E2

#A956E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.210 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A956E2
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 57.68, -57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 81.71, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.1313 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.21 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4147, 20.5821, 74.1492)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A956E2 #8FE256

analogous

#6356E2 #A956E2 #E256D5

triadic

#A956E2 #E2A956 #56E2A9

tetradic

#A956E2 #E26356 #8FE256 #56D5E2

square

#A956E2 #E26356 #8FE256 #56D5E2

split-complementary

#A956E2 #D5E256 #56E263

monochromatic

#6B1CA2 #8E25D6 #A956E2 #C48AEB #DEBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A956E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A956E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A956E2

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A956E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A956E2	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#087AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a956e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.210 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68aec',
    500: '#a956e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a956e2;
$custom-light: #c68aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a956e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61532,
    "c": 0.20958,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A956E2

secondary

#C5E4B0

accent

#D31361

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A956E2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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